Example sentences of "[vb past] [prep] some [n mass] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Oh , I just bumped into some people , who knew some people … . |
| 2 | He bumped into some people waiting to join the queue for the seats in the reception area ( ha ; he 'd got in just before the rush ! ) , and went out through the doors back to the street and the bright sunlight . |
| 3 | From a hefty £685 million in 1979 , their combined share wealth rose to some £6.7 billion when Mrs Thatcher left office , a ten-fold increase easily beating the 240% increase in the cost of living . |
| 4 | ‘ We came across some people from Papua New Guinea who were selling handicrafts and were confronted with a boatload of western tourists — all convinced they could buy for a knock-down rate . |
| 5 | One ‘ super-colony ’ of interconnected nests , spread over 2.7 square kilometres in Hokkaido , Japan , consisted of some 306m workers and over 1m queens . |
| 6 | We arrived at some barracks , which I was told were occupied by Austrian soldiers . |
| 7 | We called for some fish and chips to take back for all of us , but I was n't sure that I could eat them after seeing that documentary where they all had ulcers . |
| 8 | Er like one ounce has gone and we talked to some people who have tried it it was alright but a bit gakky at times |
| 9 | It also led to some staff cuts and by the spring of 1989 the leaders of the fusion programmes were anticipating that after five years of no increases to match inflation , Congress would make a twenty million dollar cut in the fusion budget . |
| 10 | This led to some people identifying the disease solely with these people and the idea of ‘ risk groups ’ for HIV and AIDS developed . |
| 11 | Written parliamentary replies on Jan. 18 , Feb. 15 and June 28 , 1990 , stated that ( i ) net proceeds from privatization over the seven years from April 1983 amounted to some £26,000 million ; ( ii ) net proceeds from privatization in 1989-90 were most recently estimated at £4,250 million , and ( iii ) approximately 11,000,000 people owned shares . |
| 12 | Berg 's financial statements for the year ended 31 March 1982 showed turnover of more than £23m , profit before tax of £54,224 , net assets of £243,980 , and contingent liabilities in respect of bills discounted of more than £6m ; bills receivable amounted to some £4.8m . |
| 13 | With bank interest over the years it amounted to some £320,000-certainly enough to meet the Ingard cheque . |
| 14 | The case lasted 100 days , required the attendance of many witnesses from abroad , and the defendant 's legal costs alone amounted to some £400,000 . |
| 15 | ICL 's mid-range DRS 6000 and DRS 3000 business grew 30% by value and 73% by volume in 1992 compared with the previous year , generating £340 ( $511m ) of revenue , which ( including the applications ) amounted to some 20% of ICL 's overall business last year . |
| 16 | The estimated cost of all these improvements amounted to some £18,000 . |
| 17 | A budget for the 1992-93 biennium , providing for expenditure of US$646,000,000 ( representing a cut in real terms of 4.6 per cent ) , was approved without major controversy [ see p. 37054 for 1989 budget disputes ] , and the USA undertook to pay before January 1992 its arrears for 1991 , which amounted to some $34,000,000 out of a total contribution of around $75,000,000 . |
| 18 | This may be compared to the total inflow of Japanese portfolio investment in the UK over 1986 Q1–1989 Q2 which amounted to some £23.2bn and total foreign inward investment of close to £50bn . |
| 19 | Um , if you look at erm who 's bringing people up , again according to Daley and Wilson , I think this is where the information originated , in Canada where they 've looked at um looked at some statistics on this , if you 're being brought up by step-parents you 're seventy times more at risk than if you 're being brought up by your as it were biological parents . |
| 20 | Between September and December 1929 share values fell by some $40 000 million , and this time there was no recovery . |
| 21 | Juliet Kellner spoke to some people who pay less than they might — or none at all — and found out how they salve their consciences . |
| 22 | His trial appeared to some people to be merely a means to that end . |
| 23 | ‘ Well , ’ he paused for some means of comparison . |
| 24 | Eventually they ran so far that mines were sited as much as 55m/60yds behind the first German line ; the longest , at Kruisstraat , ran for some 658m/720yds . |
| 25 | University Statistical Record figures indicate a decline in the financial priority of the library from 1980/81 , when the library accounted for some 4% of institutional expenditure , to 1989/90 , when the expenditure was 2.89% . |
| 26 | ICL Plc has been been ringing the changes , not only with boardroom shuffles ( CI No 2,125 ) , but with a push towards what it calls more ‘ autonomous business groupings ’ and a greater emphasis on software and services , the area which accounted for some 60% of UK sales in 1992 . |
| 27 | Oh Aye you had to Some people would have went mad with getting them |